Plant Zingiber officinale (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Ginger

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-CADINOL	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDROL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COPAENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Rhizome	not available	280.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	19400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Rhizome	20.0	1250.0	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	25000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Rhizome	340.0	3190.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Root	340.0	3190.0	1.96	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MUUROLENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Rhizome	3.0	200.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Rhizome	not available	720.0	1.11	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	39000.0	1.39	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Chemopreventive	9	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	8	J. Drug. Dev. (Vol. 6=1993) e.g. Mustafa, T., Srivastava, K.C., and Jensen, K.B. 1993. Drug Development Report (9): Pharmacology of Ginger, Zingiber officinale. J. Drug. Dev. 6(1): 25-39.
Choleretic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	1	Martindale's 28th
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	6	HerbalGram No. 17.
CNS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Paralytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	5	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.